Thousands attend Sarabjits funeral

As a string of VIPs, including Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, went to pay their condolences to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, the BJP upped the ante and demanded that diplomatic relations with Pakistan be scaled down.

As a string of VIPs, including Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, went to pay their condolences to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, the BJP upped the ante and demanded that diplomatic relations with Pakistan be scaled down. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

But Dalbir Kaur, Sarabjit's doughty sister who waged a long and hard battle to highlight her brother's case, asked all political parties to come together and strengthen the government's hands.

But Dalbir Kaur, Sarabjit's doughty sister who waged a long and hard battle to highlight her brother's case, asked all political parties to come together and strengthen the government's hands. (AFP/Raveendran)

Dalbir Kaur, who along with Sarabjit's wife and daughters returned from Pakistan claiming they were not being given information on his condition, claimed Sarabjit had written to her that Pakistani authorities had asked him to undergo training in terror camps.

Dalbir Kaur, who along with Sarabjit's wife and daughters returned from Pakistan claiming they were not being given information on his condition, claimed Sarabjit had written to her that Pakistani authorities had asked him to undergo training in terror camps. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)

She also alleged a prominent Pakistani human rights activist had demanded money from her to secure Sarabjit's release, and demanded visas of all visiting Pakistani activists be cancelled.

She also alleged a prominent Pakistani human rights activist had demanded money from her to secure Sarabjit's release, and demanded visas of all visiting Pakistani activists be cancelled. (AFP/Raveendran)

Pakistani Punjab's care taker Chief Minister Najam Sethi admitted there was negligence in the case but no conspiracy or evidence to link it to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging. "I have not seen any evidence of this sort. I've just come in and I've not seen the earlier files," Sethi told a news channel in response to a query.

Pakistani Punjab's care taker Chief Minister Najam Sethi admitted there was negligence in the case but no conspiracy or evidence to link it to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging. "I have not seen any evidence of this sort. I've just come in and I've not seen the earlier files," Sethi told a news channel in response to a query.